Happenings and The Pickles

The 3 day walk for the cure is Nov 5-7 and I know it sounds like a long way away but in reality it is just around the corner. I got my info packet in the mail today and I am so excited to do this for those who are unable. The fundraising part will be tough but, I will meet the goal of $2300.00 (I pray)

I have in my life known many who have suffered from cancer. All types of cancer and all kinds of people. I have done nothing to make a difference. I AM NOW! I am walking for you and your loved ones. I am walking for me and my loved ones. I AM WALKING FOR A CURE! and I AM EXCITED! So bloggers if you or anyone wants to join me in Dallas Nov 5-7 give me a shout and we can do it together! :-)



I was talking to Pickles tonight and here is a excerpt of the conversation:


Scrappy- Mom, I would love for you to walk with me.

Pickles- If I could ever get over this chest congestion I might be able to walk across the yard
Scrappy- Mom, you need to go back to the doctor

Pickles- All the doctor will do is listen to my chest and say I have bronchitis. Don't worry I have been taking Metamucil this week to clear it up and I will go to the doctor next week if it doesn't

Scrappy- Mom, I really don't think that Metamucil is designed to clear your chest. Are you saying you are now having bowel trouble??

It was a this point I could not stop laughing and then she couldn't stop laughing.

Horsey go round and round

Yesterday, I went to feed and it was a bit cool and after I let one horse into a pasture by himself the others decided to go round and round LOL!

A personal issue exposed

I am not a fan of public humiliation of animals but, I am posting this as a public service.
If you are considering getting a long hair cat I am here to tell you the brutal truth that their butts have long hair to!
Your cat will one day parade in front of you doing his cat swagger after just leaving the little boys room. That is when you will either faint or break out the clippers.
Dash is a long hair cat that has been shaved since he was a kitten. He is semi- OK with me breaking out the clippers and usually I can handle him with no problems but, today I needed a spotter just in case he decided to claw my eyes out after clipping around his .. well ya get the picture.

See, Look at the joy in his eyes
He loves when Critter holds him

No x-rated photos here. Tail placed strategically

His look after I said "Now, that wasn't so bad was it?"

Back in his window and Happy

Ramble On

Someone at a certain place where I spend alot of time M-F went big potty and it is now flowing down the hallway. Yea,I am so lucky to be next door to the ladies room. To quote the maintenance man "Life is like a box of chocolate ya never know what yer gonna get"

I won't even tell ya what the mannequin at work is doing at this very moment. People, People People! Yea, I might have put her in your chair while you stepped out of your office and you came back to find your replacement working away at your keyboard but I NEVER! would have done that! She is a CPR mannequin.

The other day when it snowed 10 inches here. My brother took his truck to the shop and proceeded to tell the service guy he keeps hearing a banging noise in the back of his truck when he accelerates or stops. Man at the dealership says to Mabel. " Mabel that would be all the ice sliding back and forth in the bed and there will be no charge for the diagnostic work"


Good News Back Porch cat that has been missing since Friday has returned. He has been trapped under the house the whole time. Front Porch Cat decided to hold him prisoner. We heard the wildest noise last night when we got home. I think he was telling her he was leaving her and war broke out. We played the role of liberators and now Back Porch kitty is happy and hangin out on his side of the house.

The house on Main and WJ Farms

It started out so innocent....

Where did my lawn go? there is all this strange white stuff on the ground UGGGGHHHHH!

You see, I met this man online. (Ya Critter knows about him and I am sure his wife knows about me) The relationship has blossomed into a quick witted banter( quick wit mostly on his part)

He manages to entertain me on a daily basis on Blogger and Facebook but,mostly in the bedroom ( that's where I usually get my laptop and do all my surfing in the comfort of my bed)

Apparently, it snows alot where this gentleman lives and as you know, I do not like the cold much less snow. I made a comment to him about better him than me in the snow or something to that effect.

So,earlier this week he threw some kind of VOODOO curse this way and I shot back that it NEVER snows here (60 miles south of Dallas) and wouldn't ya know what it is doing outside today!

Granted that we Texans go into survival mode at the sign of a single flake and our snowmen look like they are something out of The Hobbit instead of big ole jolly white guys but,it is still snow and I do not care for it one bit!

So can y'all do me a favor ? If you see this man on the street could ya be so kind as to hit him with a snowball? ( I don't know if he will be carrying a fish but if he is chunk one at the fish too!)

or you could just drop by his blog and say hi and read all about this very interesting man :-)

http://www.mattsteen.blogspot.com/

HMMMM??? I wonder

I lived in the D.C. area and in Northern Missouri before quickly returning to my beloved State of Texas.
I have seen snow. I don't care for snow and I am wondering just why are these folks digging out their car? It does not appear to be a snowmobile and seeing how the snow is as deep as the car is tall, just exactly what kind of car is this ? Once uncovered can the car maneuver such deep snow?
Hovercraft perhaps?
Reminds me of a song - Road to Nowhere by The Talking Heads

MSNBC has pictures of DC ck em out they a wonderful

Make ya laugh on a rainy day

Have a great evening Bloggers

Offical Plans for Sunday

Wake up at 8:30 have coffee eat breakfast
Go back to bed
Wake up at 11:00 put clothes in washer
Break DVD player - Critter to the rescue
Put in movie- make room for self in bed amongst all the critters taking over MY bed
Watch TV sleep on and off all day
(Manage to keep safe distance from hubby who is still "fected")

Enjoy and relax my much needed time off wk

Prepare to start another hectic week at work

A conversation online.

This is my sis and my Pickle in the pic above

So, as ya know this past weekend was Pickles birthday.
I was gonna keep it simple take her to eat then hit the bookstore and just hang out with my Pickle.
She didn't really feel like getting out in the cold so I brought her dinner in and cake and picked up a Crop Circle for her to grow.( I try every year to get her a Chia-Pet and she threatens my life if I do)
Well, She did feel like going to Tom Jones with my big sis and here is what my sis said about that.

RAE:
Nothing could beat Tom Jones. You should have seen your mother I thought she was going to take off her panties and throw them on stage
DONNA: RAE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why is she MY mother if she is taking off her undies and not OUR MOTHER??

FYI: Pickles turned 73 shhhhh!! don't tell her I told ya

There once was.....

A man from Nantucket...
Sorry I got nuttin. To wet to play at the farm and working to much lately to do much else besides work,sleep,repeat..
Finsh the sentence if you like :-)

Not really advise just ...

Things I have learned.
*If you have dentures DO NOT attempt to eat a ROLO (Pickles, You could have warned me) I did and for a moment I was headed toward the light.
*My eyebrows seemed to have needed less grooming but, I now appear to have a chin hair issue.
*Don't let your hubby look through your shopping bag when you get home. He will see you have purchased Cover Girl Age Defining make-up and will then sport some smart butt grin.
*Thursday I will have been married to my best friend 8 years
*Friday will mark the day that two wonderful people (Essie and Grover) got together and created one of the most beautiful, loving,caring,wise,honest,faithful, giving and cherished person I know. Happy Birthday Pickles aka Mom!
*I have been so busy at work I have not been to the farm in days and I really need my horsey fix.
*TUNA DOES VEGAS is coming to Ft. Worth and I want tickets
*One person can only accomplish so much

Like I said just things I have learned this week

Have a blessed day bloggers

Do you wanna hear about...

My job in the accounting field? Yea, thought not- I will tell you that closing year end is my least favorite thing and that I have to work all weekend and probably next one. I am so thankful to have a job in these times but really would not mind a couple days off. No, the days I took off to get my implants don't count because they were just painful.
Update: on the Ding Dong caper. Critter blamed the cats as expected :-) I have replenished my stock and hired an armed guard to watch them-Lets see him try to snag my Ding Dong again :-)
Have a blessed day bloggers!

Recovering

So I got my implants yesterday. Wow! the post in my mouth feel so weird. I stayed home today from work and have just been laying around watching movies and surfin with my Facebook peeps since yesterday. I will be back at work in the morning.

Just wanted to show you the tragedy I came across when I went to get my favorite food of all time

Yes, Someone in this house left an empty box in the pantry. Heartbreak was my immediate emotion. Why would someone be so cruel as to leave a box of false hope in the pantry??

Bathroom coming

I added this first picture late- Look at the difference in the bedroom paint color in the day from how it looks in the dark- I am LOVING this color

This was 10 months ago Critter has done an amazing job!

Man the house is a mess please excuse us -- at the end of the hall you can see the lovely blanket hubby put up to keep the bedroom sorta dust free :-)

The bathroom I am doing it around a picture my sis gave me last year and I am having heck on picking the colors The linen closet is to the right of the saw horse. The shower to the left of the saw horse and the open space on the right is the closet for the W/D (Thanks again Cleve and Lynn can't wait to hook em up)

The house

I think I am going to go with the dark brown outlets around the tile instead of the white ones that you see in the picture but staying with the lighter ones that are on the walls

The Bedroom at night I love the sconces Critter put up for me The color at night is completely different than in the daytime